Forum Konservasi Orangutan Sumatera (FOKUS) melakukan rapat Penyusunan Rencana Kerja di Mikie Holiday Resort – Berastagi, Kabupaten Karo, Sumatera Utara. Kegiatan diskusi 2 hari ini (17-18 September 2021) difasilitasi oleh Forum Orangutan Indonesia (FORINA) yang turut hadir pada acara tersebut.
Para pegiat konservasi orangutan di Sumatera Utara yang hadir pada diskusi ini memformulasikan 7 permasalahan orangutan, diantaranya 1) Masih terjadinya aktivitas legal dan ilegal yang menyebabkan deforestasi, degradasi, fragmentasi, kebakaran hutan di habitat orangutan; 2) Belum optimalnya aturan dalam pengelolaan dan pengawasan kesejahteraan orangutan di Kebun Binatang; 3) Kurangnya pemahaman dan kapasitas pengambil kebijakan, pengelola kawasan hutan dan penegak hukum; 4) Penurunan populasi orangutan karena perburuan, perdagangan dan pemeliharaan ilegal; 5) Isu pengelolaan Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam dan Ekosistem belum menjadi pertimbangan penting; 6) Tren termasuk frekwensi dan distribusi konflik manusia-orangutan berpotensi meningkat; 7) Sinergi parapihak (pegiat konservasi dan sektor lain) masih belum optimal dan tidak saling menguatkan.
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The Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Forum (FOKUS) held a Work Plan Preparation meeting at Mikie Holiday Resort – Berastagi, Karo Regency, North Sumatra. This 2-day discussion (17-18 September 2021) was facilitated by the Indonesian Orangutan Forum (FORINA) who was also present at the event.
Orangutan conservation activists in North Sumatra who attended this discussion formulated 7 orangutan problems, including 1) There are still legal and illegal activities that cause deforestation, degradation, fragmentation, forest fires in orangutan habitats; 2) The rules for managing and monitoring the welfare of orangutans in zoos are not yet optimal; 3) Lack of understanding and capacity of policy makers, forest area managers and law enforcers; 4) Reduction of orangutan population due to illegal hunting, trade and rearing; 5) The issue of the management of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation has not become an important consideration; 6) Trends including the frequency and distribution of potentially increasing human-orangutan conflict; 7) The synergy between stakeholders (conservation activists and other sectors) is still not optimal and does not reinforce each other.
